Latest Oklahoma Headlines
All the headlines from our Oklahoma Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Oklahoma Senate Passes Bill Requiring All Children to Wear Seat Belts
Feb 27 2020 // The Oklahoma Senate has passed legislation that would require any child under the age of 17 to wear a seat belt while riding in the back seat of a vehicle. Current Oklahoma law only requires children under the age of eight...
Oklahoma AG to Refile Suits Against Opioid Distributors in State Court
Feb 26 2020 // Oklahoma is dismissing its federal lawsuit against three of the nation’s largest opioid distributors and will refile new lawsuits in state court against each company individual, state Attorney General Mike Hunter...
Oklahoma Work Comp Commission: Feb. 27 Is Last Chance to Comment on Fee Schedule
Feb 26 2020 // The Oklahoma Workers’ Compensation Commission will hold a special meeting on Feb. 27 at 9:00 a.m. in the commission chambers on the 2nd floor of the Denver Davison Building in Oklahoma City to receive the final...
Distinguished Programs Adds Schmitt as Sales Executive for Oklahoma, Texas
Feb 26 2020 // Distinguished Programs, a national insurance program manager, has hired Erick Schmitt as regional sales executive for Texas and Oklahoma. He is based in Dallas. Schmitt brings nearly 16 years of industry experience to his...
Oklahoma Senate OKs Bill to Allow More Armed Teachers
Feb 14 2020 // School teachers in Oklahoma with a gun license would be able to carry firearms into their classrooms with district approval under a bill approved in the state Senate. The bill, approved on a 37-7 vote mostly along party...
BOK Financial Insurance Expanding in Oklahoma, Texas
Feb 13 2020 // Employee benefits and risk management firm, BOK Financial Insurance (BOKFI), a division of Tulsa, Okla.-based BOK Financial Corp., is focusing on growth in Oklahoma and Texas as an expansion of its operations that have...
AM Best Assigns A- Financial Strength Rating to Oklahoma’s Trisura Insurance
Feb 7 2020 // AM Best has assigned a Financial Strength Rating of A- (Excellent) and a Long-Term Issuer Credit Rating of “a-” to Trisura Insurance Co. (TIC), based in Oklahoma City. The outlook assigned to these ratings is...
South & Western to Service AmTrust Farm/Ranch Business in Oklahoma, Texas
Feb 4 2020 // South & Western General Agency Inc., with offices in Addison, Texas, and Memphis, Tennessee, has reached an agreement with AmTrust to underwrite and service AmTrust’s Farm and Ranch business in Oklahoma and...
Oklahoma Insurance Department Moving to New Location in Oklahoma City
Feb 4 2020 // The Oklahoma Insurance Department (OID)’s Oklahoma City office is relocating to a new facility, effective Feb. 10. The new location is 400 NE 50th St. in Oklahoma City. As part of the moving process, email and...
Downs Named Chief of Staff at Oklahoma Insurance Department
Jan 30 2020 // Brian Downs has been tapped to serve as chief of staff for the Oklahoma Insurance Department (OID). Downs currently serves as the State Health Information Exchange director and special assistant to the Governor’s...
Oklahoma Bill Would Eliminate Third-Party Pharmacy Benefit Managers
Jan 29 2020 // If passed, proposed legislation would have Oklahoma joining the growing number of states backing away from using Pharmacy Benefit Managers (PBMs) to administer prescription-drug programs. Sen. Paul Scott, R-Duncan, has...
Oklahoma State Representative’s Bill Would Regulate Peer-to-Peer Car Rentals
Jan 27 2020 // A state representative in Oklahoma has filed a bill that would set regulatory standards for the nascent peer-to-peer rental car industry. Rep. Lonnie Sims (R-Jenks) says House Bill 3655 supports both the growth and the...
Oklahoma AG Settles with Opiate Maker Endo
Jan 27 2020 // for $8.75M; Sues 3 More Distributors By Ken Miller Oklahoma will receive $8.75 million from two pharmaceutical companies in a deal announced on Jan. 10 that will end legal action the state was considering against the...
Oklahoma Oil Rig Explosion Wrongful Death Trial Underway
Jan 27 2020 // The wrongful death trial against an oilfield equipment contractor in connection with an explosion and fire last year that killed five men in southeastern Oklahoma began in mid-January. Attorneys for the families of Parker...
Oklahoma’s Opioid Crisis
Jan 27 2020 // With nearly 5% of Oklahoma’s population ages 12 and older abusing or misusing painkillers, the state leads the nation in non-medical use of painkillers, according to the Attorney General’s Office. The...
Oklahoma Oil Rig Explosion Wrongful Death Trial Begins in Oklahoma
Jan 17 2020 // The wrongful death trial against a oilfield equipment contractor in connection with a January 2018 explosion and fire that killed five men in southeastern Oklahoma is underway. The McAlester News-Capital reports that...
Global Cannabis Revenue Pushed by Sales Doubling in Some U.S. States
Jan 16 2020 // The green rush in the global cannabis market continued in 2019, with sales doubling in seven U.S. states as well as Canada, and you can expect that trend to continue this year, a report out on Thursday shows. The report...
Oklahoma Legislature to Again Take Up Issue of Surprise Medical Billing
Jan 15 2020 // How to prevent surprise medical billing from out-of-network health care providers will be on the docket for Oklahoma lawmakers during this year’s legislative session. The issue was taken up during the 2019 session...
Oklahoma AG Sues 3 Opioid Distributors
Jan 14 2020 // Oklahoma Attorney General Mike Hunter on Jan. 13 brought a lawsuit against three distributors of opioids after winning a lawsuit against one drug manufacturer and reaching pretrial settlements in other cases. Hunter filed...
Oklahoma Bill Would Create Entity Focused on Natural Disaster, Hazard Mitigation
Jan 13 2020 // Legislation filed in Oklahoma would establish an organizational framework for addressing mitigation of natural disasters in that state. House Bill 2776, The Oklahoma Hazard Mitigation Assessment District Act, provides the...
